Schools where Greek life is present but not predominant?

[Anonymous]

Sarah Lawrence and Vassar have no Greek life. Both have strong academics, an intellectual environment and a funky/alternative vibe.

I agree that in many universities the greek life can get drowned out but if you want more of a focus on academics, and smaller classes (more seminars than lectures, more access to professors) a SLAC is the way to go. I went to a University but DC is looking at SLACs and there's a part of me that wonders if i would have been happier in that kind of environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sarah Lawrence and Vassar have no Greek life. Both have strong academics, an intellectual environment and a funky/alternative vibe.

I agree that in many universities the greek life can get drowned out but if you want more of a focus on academics, and smaller classes (more seminars than lectures, more access to professors) a SLAC is the way to go. I went to a University but DC is looking at SLACs and there's a part of me that wonders if i would have been happier in that kind of environment.

A SLAC is a nice change of pace for a DC coming out if a large public school, but for someone coming out of the private schools in DC it's "more if the same."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sarah Lawrence and Vassar have no Greek life. Both have strong academics, an intellectual environment and a funky/alternative vibe.

I agree that in many universities the greek life can get drowned out but if you want more of a focus on academics, and smaller classes (more seminars than lectures, more access to professors) a SLAC is the way to go. I went to a University but DC is looking at SLACs and there's a part of me that wonders if i would have been happier in that kind of environment.

A SLAC is a nice change of pace for a DC coming out if a large public school, but for someone coming out of the private schools in DC it's "more if the same."

Although my private school kid wanted more of the same, my public school kid doesn't want to go to a college smaller than her high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At W & M there are plenty of students who are quiet and don't like to party.

The opposite of "Greek life" is not "don't like to party". I went to a SLAC where frats had been abolished and there was plenty of partying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sarah Lawrence and Vassar have no Greek life. Both have strong academics, an intellectual environment and a funky/alternative vibe.

I agree that in many universities the greek life can get drowned out but if you want more of a focus on academics, and smaller classes (more seminars than lectures, more access to professors) a SLAC is the way to go. I went to a University but DC is looking at SLACs and there's a part of me that wonders if i would have been happier in that kind of environment.

A SLAC is a nice change of pace for a DC coming out if a large public school, but for someone coming out of the private schools in DC it's "more if the same."

Yes and no. Different SLACs have different philosophies so while the scale may feel similar to a private school the content of the education may feel very different. Also some kids want a similar scale. My DD was not comfortable with the idea of large lectures after having the benefit of small classes at her private.

[Anonymous]

No Greeks at Rice - one of the reasons I went there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sarah Lawrence and Vassar have no Greek life. Both have strong academics, an intellectual environment and a funky/alternative vibe.

I agree that in many universities the greek life can get drowned out but if you want more of a focus on academics, and smaller classes (more seminars than lectures, more access to professors) a SLAC is the way to go. I went to a University but DC is looking at SLACs and there's a part of me that wonders if i would have been happier in that kind of environment.

A SLAC is a nice change of pace for a DC coming out if a large public school, but for someone coming out of the private schools in DC it's "more if the same."

Actually, for many kids graduating from private schools, "more of the same" is just what they want -- more opportunities to get to know their classmates and professors well in a more collaborative and supportive environment where they're not pigeon-holed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No Greeks at Rice - one of the reasons I went there.

OP isn't looking for schools with no Greeks - if she was, that is very easy to determine from a college description. What's harder to determine is schools that have some Greeks, which is what OP is looking for.

[Anonymous]

You kid doesn't know what he wants in terms of Greek life before he is in college and knows what it is about.

Help him come up with more worthwhile criteria.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sarah Lawrence and Vassar have no Greek life. Both have strong academics, an intellectual environment and a funky/alternative vibe.

I agree that in many universities the greek life can get drowned out but if you want more of a focus on academics, and smaller classes (more seminars than lectures, more access to professors) a SLAC is the way to go. I went to a University but DC is looking at SLACs and there's a part of me that wonders if i would have been happier in that kind of environment.

A SLAC is a nice change of pace for a DC coming out if a large public school, but for someone coming out of the private schools in DC it's "more if the same."

Actually, for many kids graduating from private schools, "more of the same" is just what they want -- more opportunities to get to know their classmates and professors well in a more collaborative and supportive environment where they're not pigeon-holed.

This is true. And these same kids return to the DMV bubble upon graduation and live happily ever after - generation after generation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sarah Lawrence and Vassar have no Greek life. Both have strong academics, an intellectual environment and a funky/alternative vibe.

I agree that in many universities the greek life can get drowned out but if you want more of a focus on academics, and smaller classes (more seminars than lectures, more access to professors) a SLAC is the way to go. I went to a University but DC is looking at SLACs and there's a part of me that wonders if i would have been happier in that kind of environment.

A SLAC is a nice change of pace for a DC coming out if a large public school, but for someone coming out of the private schools in DC it's "more if the same."

Actually, for many kids graduating from private schools, "more of the same" is just what they want -- more opportunities to get to know their classmates and professors well in a more collaborative and supportive environment where they're not pigeon-holed.

This is true. And these same kids return to the DMV bubble upon graduation and live happily ever after - generation after generation.

Do you have any statistical basis for claiming that SLAC grads are more likely to return to this area than grads of other schools? Wouldn't it be more likely that grads who attend college in this area are more likely to stay here after graduation than, say, a graduate of a New England SLAC?

[Anonymous]

I have no idea why you think of this area as a bubble, but as a hometown girl I can tell you most people return. Its a great place to live, raise kids, and if its home thats all the more pull. I think a lot of New Yorkers return home as well because if you love the city you don't want to work anywhere else. And whats wrong with it? My family has been here for generations. Its called roots in the community.

Oh, and I didn't attend a SLAC.

[Anonymous]

W&M and Bucknell ~ no. I would not recommend as a nonGreek

[Anonymous]

Lewis & Clark has no Greek Life. Look up schools on "College Prowler"